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* Infante Jaime Luitpold Isabelino Enrique Alberto Alfonso Victor Acacio Pedro Maria of Spain ( 1908 – 1975 ), a deaf-mute as the result of a childhood operation, he renounced his rights to the throne in 1933 and became Duke of Segovia, and later Duke of Madrid, and who, as a legitimist pretender to the French throne from 1941 to 1975, was known as the Duke of Anjou.
The musical was adapted into a 1967 film of the same name, which starred Richard Harris as Arthur, and which featured the Castle of Coca, Segovia as a fittingly opulent Camelot.
This council was in constant strife with Segovia — which was one of the most influent cities of Castile — as they both fought for the control of Real de Manzanares, a large comarca ( shire ) that was finally given to the House of Mendoza.
Under the Romans and Arabs, the city was called Segovia ( Σεγουβία, Ptolomeo ii.
Segovia was first recorded as a Celtic possession, with control eventually transferring into the hands of the Romans.
Notably, Isabella I was proclaimed queen of Castile in the church of San Miguel de Segovia on December 13, 1474.
In 1808, Segovia was sacked by French troops during the War of Independence.
During the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, Segovia experienced a demographic recovery that was the result of relative economic stability.
It could not miss this literary group a tribute to Antonio Machado, poet Segovia made his refuge from 1919 to 1932, the sculpture as it could be otherwise is located in the garden of his home museum, and was done by Emiliano Barral.
The most significant of these is the Virgin of the Aqueduct, located in the central niche of the monument has since the Plaza del Azoguejo and it was already in the 16th century, as remember Colmenares in his history of Segovia.
* Paseo del Salón is one of the oldest gardens in the city, since it was created in 1786 by the Economic Society of Friends of the Country of Segovia, and two years later they began planting trees.
Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña () ( February 21, 1893 – June 2, 1987 ), known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain.
The first guitar he owned had formerly been played by Paco de Lucena who died when Segovia was five years old.
Since then, Segovia was given some instruction by Agustinillo, an amateur flamenco player who was a fan of Paco de Lucena.
When Segovia arrived on the scene, this situation was just beginning to change, largely through the efforts of Miguel Llobet.
It was in this changing milieu that Segovia, whose strength of personality and artistry coupled with new technological advances such as recording, radio, and air travel, succeeded in making the guitar more popular again.
Segovia had already developed as a fine tocador of flamenco guitar, yet his direction was now classical.
In 1923 Segovia was in Mexico for the first time.
It was premiered by Segovia in Uruguay in 1939.
In recognition of his contributions to music and the arts, Segovia was ennobled on 24 June 1981 by King Juan Carlos I, who gave Segovia the hereditary title of Marqués de Salobreña ( English: Marquis of Salobreña ) in the nobility of Spain.

Segovia and one
The province of Segovia is one of nine cities that make up the Autonomous Community of Castile and León.
Two Thursday before the Virgin up from his sanctuary in the Alameda of the Fuencisla to the Cathedral to start the novena ( his arrival at the Plaza Mayor is one of the most specific one can be found in Segovia, is typical to make it when the clock of the Town Hall rings ).
In 1928 Hauser provided Segovia with one of his personal guitars for use during his United States tour and in his concerts through to 1933.
They had one son, Carlos Andrés Segovia, the current Marques of Salobreña
But it was established as one of the major ports of the Galleon Trade on May 11, 1680 because it is located at the mouth of the mighty Cagayan River towards the flourishing city of then Nueva Segovia.
Album with four unreleased studio songs: three from 1982 and one from 1984 ; and four live ones from the Tour at " Frontón De Segovia " in 1985 )
The Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, son of Alfonso XIII of Spain, was one of the Legitimist pretenders to the French throne ; as such he created his son Gonzalo, Duke of Aquitaine ( 1972 – 2000 ); Gonzalo had no legitimate children.
He was arrested and spent time in jail in 1967 when one of his buildings in Los Ángeles de San Rafael ( Segovia ) collapsed, killing 58 people.
He was born into one of the most influential aristocratic families of 15th century Spain the grandson of King Henriquez IV's crypto-Jewish Contador General Diego Arias de Ávila, deceased 1466, and Elvira González, deceased 1463, parents of three children, namely, Pedro, deceased 1476 while fighting took place in Madrid and the father of our Pedro, Juan, later Bishop of Segovia, deceased at Rome, Italy, 1497 and Isabel, deceased 1472, whose descendants always resident at Segovia, could be tracked afterward, in the 16th century in the Inquisition records and trials.
The Compañías de Seguridad de la Guardia Nacional ( CSGN, Security Companies for short ) were dispersed throughout the country ’ s 16 provinces ( Spanish: Departamentos ), being allocated one per each in the provincial capitals of Boaco ( Boaco ), Jinotepe ( Carazo ), Chinandega ( Chinandega ), Juigalpa ( Chontales ), Estelí ( Estelí ), Granada ( Granada ), Jinotega ( Jinotega ), León ( León ), Madriz ( Somoto ), Masaya ( Masaya ), Matagalpa ( Matagalpa ), Ocotal ( Nueva Segovia ), Rivas ( Rivas ), San Carlos ( Río San Juan ) and Bluefields ( Zelaya ).
It is estimated that 2. 5 million attendees heard and saw over 2, 500 concerts at Ambassador Auditorium by Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Horacio Gutierrez, Alicia de Larrocha, Arthur Rubinstein, Andres Segovia, Yo-Yo Ma, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Junior, Frank Sinatra, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan ( including for their last visit together to the U. S. in 1982-Mahler Symphony No. 9 on one program ) and many others during this period.
He was a native of San Juan, the first Filipino priest for the town, and one of the " Nine Clerics " of Nueva Segovia who fought in the revolution.
Since each of these towns had few inhabitants and had only one priest to administer to their religious needs, they were merged for ecclesiastical convenience into one municipality in 1877 by virtue of a Diocesan Order from the Bishop of Nueva Segovia ( Lallo ).
The atrium contains bronze statues of Antonio de Segovia, who donated the image of the Virgin in the 16th century and one of Pope John Paul II, with a child dressed as a charro, who represents Jalisco.
A notable, and rather spectacular feature of the Vicente Calderón, is that the M-30 dual carriageway, running from the South Node Segovia Bridge, passes below one of the grandstands.
Segovia autographed one of his books for Esteban in 1978 with a flattering message, but Segovia is known to have signed hundreds or thousands of such messages.

Segovia and whom
Segovia influenced a generation of classical guitarists who built on his technique and musical sensibility, including such luminaries as Christopher Parkening, Julian Bream, John Williams ( guitarist ) and Oscar Ghiglia, all of whom have acknowledged their debt to him.
The province has a population of 149, 286, of whom about 35 % live in the capital, Segovia.

Segovia and 1978
Gradually a regular line-up evolved around Simon Jeffes and Helen Liebman: Neil Rennie, who joined in 1975 on ukulele ; Geoffrey Richardson, who had joined in 1976 and co-wrote three pieces on Broadcasting from Home ( 1984 ), played viola, cuatro, guitar, clarinet, mandolin and ukulele ; Julio Segovia answered an advert in the Melody Maker and joined in 1978 on percussion ; Paul Street joined in 1984 playing guitar, cuatro and ukulele, leaving in 1988 ; Jennifer Maidman joined in 1984 on percussion, bass, ukulele and cuatro ; Steve Fletcher replaced Steve Nye in 1988 on piano and keyboards and Annie Whitehead, who had also appeared on Broadcasting from Home ( 1984 ), joined the live band in 1988 on trombone.

Segovia and by
* Witness of the toll taken by war and fiscal pressure in the kingdom of Castile, the region of Segovia is described this year as depopulated and sterile.
After the conquest of Toledo by Alfonso VI of León and Castile, the son of King Alfonso VI, Segovia began restocking with Christians from the north of the peninsula and beyond the Pyrenees, providing it with a significant sphere of influence whose boundaries crossed the Sierra de Guadarrama and the Tagus.
In 1985 the old city of Segovia and its Aqueduct were declared World Heritage by UNESCO.
Now houses the General Militar de Segovia archive and museum of the Royal School of Artillery, managed by the Board of the Alcazar.
Due to a multiple murder happened in the late 19th century is known by Segovia as " the house of the crime.
Segovia is credited for his modern-romantic repertoire, mainly through works dedicated to him by modern composers, but he also created his own transcriptions of classical works that were originally for other instruments.
Firstly, contemporary works, including concertos and sonatas, usually specifically written for Segovia himself by composers he forged working relationships with, notably Spaniards such as Federico Moreno Torroba, Federico Mompou, and Joaquín Rodrigo, the Mexican composer Manuel Ponce, the Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and the great Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Secondly, transcriptions, usually made by Segovia himself, of classical works originally written for other instruments ( e. g., lute, harpsichord, piano, violin, cello ) by Johann Sebastian Bach, Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, and many other prominent composers.
Many works of this and similar style were written especially for him and formed part of his core repertoire: particularly the guitar works of Federico Moreno Torroba ( 1891 – 1982 ), such as the Sonatina, which was first performed by Segovia in Paris in 1925.
Even though rejected by Segovia, the works are today all published and available.
Segovia also taught at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena for numerous years, where he was aided by Alirio Díaz.
In Linares the Segovia Museum " Fundación Andrés Segovia " was established in May 1995 and this birth-town of Segovia, also has a bronze statue in his honour, created by Julio López Hernández and unveiled on 25 May 1984.
Many of the latter were edited by Segovia, working in communication with the composer, before they were first published.

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